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Bible Note: Justme After reading your Note, I think the following will be of interest to you. "Just to illustrate how times have changed, not many years ago all one had to say to affirm his belief in the full inspiration of the Bible was that he believed it was 'the Word of God.' ... Today (i.e., 1972) one has to say 'the plenary, verbally, infallible, inspired, and inerrant-in-the-original-manuscripts Word of God.' And even then, he many not communicate clearly!" (p. 1957, The Ryrie Study Bible, Moody Press, 1976, 1978). Dr. Charles C. Ryrie writes: "My own definition of biblical inspiration is that it is God's superintendence of the human authors so that, using their own individual personalities, they composed and recorded without error His revelation to man in the words of the original autographs. Several features of the definition are worth emphasizing: (1) God superintended but did not dictate the material. (2) He used human authors and their own individual styles. (3) Nevertheless, the product was, in its original manuscripts, without error." (p. 1956, The Ryrie Study Bible, Moody Press, 1976, 1978) Grace to you, John |